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EUMAS
2006
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Situated Semantic Alignment
Ontology matching is currently a key technology to achieve the semantic alignment of ontological entities used by knowledge-based applications, and therefore to enable their inter...
Manuel Atencia, W. Marco Schorlemmer
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
E*plore-ing the Simulation Design Space
One of the major puzzles in performing multi-agent-based simulations is the validity of their results. Optimisation of simulation parameters can lead to results that can be deceit...
Luis Antunes, Helder Coelho, João Balsa
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
Near-Optimal Anytime Coalition Structure Generation
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best set of agents that...
Talal Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Viet Dung Dan...
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
Self-regulating Multi-agent System for Multi-disciplinary Optimisation Process
This article presents a multi-agent method to tackle multidisciplinary optimisation, based on the notions of cooperation and self-regulation. It is focused on the preliminary airc...
Jean-Baptiste Welcomme, Marie Pierre Gleizes, Roma...
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
Friends No More: Ostracism in Multi-Agent Systems
In a normative society there are two main problems: defining norms and enforcing them. Enforcement becomes a complex issue as societies become more decentralized and open. We propo...
Adrian Perreau de Pinninck, Carles Sierra, W. Marc...
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
The Effect of Heterogeneity on Coalition Formation in Iterated Request for Proposal Scenarios
This paper explores a general model of economic exchange between heterogeneous agents representing firms, traders, or other socioeconomic entities, that self-organise into coaliti...
Carlos Mérida-Campos, Steven Willmott
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
Norm-Oriented Programming of Electronic Institutions: A Rule-based Approach
Norms constitute a powerful coordination mechanism among heterogeneous agents. We propose means to specify and explicitly manage the normative positions of agents (permissions, pro...
Andrés García-Camino, Juan A. Rodr&i...
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
Agent Capability: Automating the Design to Code Process
Current IT application domains such as web services and autonomic computing call for highly flexible systems, able to automatically adapt to changing operational environments as w...
Loris Penserini, Anna Perini, Angelo Susi, John My...
EUMAS
2006
14 years 8 days ago
Optimal Strategies for Bidding on Perfect Substitutes in Simultaneous Vickrey Auctions
We derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where...
Enrico Gerding, Rajdeep K. Dash, David C. K. Yuen,...